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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 52308" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>Max, on Monday, after I had pointed out significant technical errors in essentially every one of your numerous posts about indexing spark plugs, out of frustration I wrote that:</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>…based on various things you've written about ignition in this and other threads, I'm afraid we wouldn't find much to agree on with those technical issues, either.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>… It's not just that many of your ad hoc arguments for particular details have been wrong, or that you blithely go forward without addressing errors when they are pointed out, often your arguments are not even self-consistent. It's as if you cut/paste sections of various technical writings that don't even necessarily apply, without noticing what you put in one post is contradicted by what was in a previous post.</em></strong></p><p> <strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Maybe these are OK techniques when trying to "win" an argument, but they are a waste of time and energy when trying to arrive at a correct understanding of something, such as whether or not indexing plugs affects h.p. Understanding something requires more than stringing a bunch of technical terms together. Mother Nature rewards understanding, she doesn't reward stringing words together.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>However, you eventually grew tired of having your technical misunderstandings constantly pointed out and so you proposed to me that:</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>If you would agree to not respond to my posts, I will do the same and not respond to yours, we play like that one another doesn't exist.</em></strong></p><p> </p><p>I immediately agreed to your proposal and have not responded to any of your subsequent posts until now. However, even before the ink was dry you violated it, as you again have done here.</p><p> </p><p>The problem this makes for me is either I bite my tongue and ignore the incorrect technical information you write, which some people could incorrectly infer I agree with you, or I have to respond. To be clear, I definitely do <u>not</u> want to respond to your many, many posts, because it is a waste of time and energy to correct the technical errors in a useful way (i.e. explaining why they are errors and not just saying "once again, you are wrong.").</p><p> </p><p>Turning to the current thread, the OP asked for advice on how he can have a backup magneto for his Series A Rapide. A solution to his problem requires some practical way to supply spark from a spare magneto(s) to two cylinders. However, in your post you confusingly mixed together two magnetos, dual points/coil ignition systems, and dual plug heads. But, although not providing anything useful, you did manage to praise yourself: <em><strong>"…I built… I built a separate ignitions system… what I did, using off the shelf parts and a little ingenuity…"</strong></em></p><p> <em></em></p><p>Unfortunately, nothing you wrote either points the owner to a solution to his problem nor provides any useful insight into the issue he faces. In contrast to what you wrote, the subsequent post by Greg Brillus describes a functioning twin-magneto solution on someone else's machine along with enough details for the OP to decide if it might be the basis of a workable solution on his Series A engine. I urge you to read his post and use it as a model for future ones of your own.</p><p> </p><p>If you had personally devised and a tested a workable solution to this problem, details of that solution would have added to the discussion in a useful way. However, stringing together words only because they are loosely related to the concept of ignition is at best of no help whatever.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 52308, member: 2806"] Max, on Monday, after I had pointed out significant technical errors in essentially every one of your numerous posts about indexing spark plugs, out of frustration I wrote that: [B][I]…based on various things you've written about ignition in this and other threads, I'm afraid we wouldn't find much to agree on with those technical issues, either.[/I][/B] [B][I]… It's not just that many of your ad hoc arguments for particular details have been wrong, or that you blithely go forward without addressing errors when they are pointed out, often your arguments are not even self-consistent. It's as if you cut/paste sections of various technical writings that don't even necessarily apply, without noticing what you put in one post is contradicted by what was in a previous post. Maybe these are OK techniques when trying to "win" an argument, but they are a waste of time and energy when trying to arrive at a correct understanding of something, such as whether or not indexing plugs affects h.p. Understanding something requires more than stringing a bunch of technical terms together. Mother Nature rewards understanding, she doesn't reward stringing words together.[/I][/B] However, you eventually grew tired of having your technical misunderstandings constantly pointed out and so you proposed to me that: [B][I]If you would agree to not respond to my posts, I will do the same and not respond to yours, we play like that one another doesn't exist.[/I][/B] I immediately agreed to your proposal and have not responded to any of your subsequent posts until now. However, even before the ink was dry you violated it, as you again have done here. The problem this makes for me is either I bite my tongue and ignore the incorrect technical information you write, which some people could incorrectly infer I agree with you, or I have to respond. To be clear, I definitely do [U]not[/U] want to respond to your many, many posts, because it is a waste of time and energy to correct the technical errors in a useful way (i.e. explaining why they are errors and not just saying "once again, you are wrong."). Turning to the current thread, the OP asked for advice on how he can have a backup magneto for his Series A Rapide. A solution to his problem requires some practical way to supply spark from a spare magneto(s) to two cylinders. However, in your post you confusingly mixed together two magnetos, dual points/coil ignition systems, and dual plug heads. But, although not providing anything useful, you did manage to praise yourself: [I][B]"…I built… I built a separate ignitions system… what I did, using off the shelf parts and a little ingenuity…"[/B] [/I] Unfortunately, nothing you wrote either points the owner to a solution to his problem nor provides any useful insight into the issue he faces. In contrast to what you wrote, the subsequent post by Greg Brillus describes a functioning twin-magneto solution on someone else's machine along with enough details for the OP to decide if it might be the basis of a workable solution on his Series A engine. I urge you to read his post and use it as a model for future ones of your own. If you had personally devised and a tested a workable solution to this problem, details of that solution would have added to the discussion in a useful way. However, stringing together words only because they are loosely related to the concept of ignition is at best of no help whatever. [/QUOTE]
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